Khama is the name of the royal family of the

Bamangwato The Bamangwato (more correctly BagammaNgwato, and also referred to as the BaNgwato or Ngwato) is one of the eight "principal" Tswana chieftaincies of Botswana. They ruled over a majority Bakalanga population (the largest ethnic group in Central Dis ...

people of

Botswana Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalaha ...

. As such, it may refer to: *

Khama III Khama III (1837?–1923), referred to by missionaries as Khama the Good also called Khama the Great, was the ''Kgosi'' (meaning king) of the Bangwato people. Ancestry and Youth Malope a chief of the Bakwena, led his people from the Transvaal r ...

(1837? – 1923), ''kgosi'' (chief/king) of the Bamangwato people of Bechuanaland (now Botswana) * Semane Setlhoko Khama (1881 – 1937), ''mohumagadi'' (queen) of the Bamangwato people of Bechuanaland, fourth wife of Khama III *

Tshekedi Khama Tshekedi Khama (17 September 1905 – 10 June 1959) was the regent-king of the Bamangwato tribe in 1926 after the death of Sekgoma II. Background Tshekedi Khama was born in Serowe, the son of Khama III, known as Khama the Great, by his fourth wi ...

(1905 – 1959), regent of the Bamangwato tribe in 1926 after the death of Sekgoma II *

Seretse Khama Sir Seretse Goitsebeng Maphiri Khama, GCB, KBE (1 July 1921 – 13 July 1980) was a Motswana politician who served as the first President of Botswana, a post he held from 1966 to his death in 1980. Born into an influential royal fa ...

(1921 – 1980), the first President of Botswana, in office from 1966 to 1980 **

Sir Seretse Khama International Airport Sir Seretse Khama International Airport , located north of downtown Gaborone, is the main international airport of the capital city of Botswana. The airport is named after Sir Seretse Khama, the first president of Botswana. It was opened in 198 ...

, named after the above *

Ruth Williams Khama Ruth Williams Khama, Lady Khama (9 December 1923 – 22 May 2002) was the wife of Botswana's first president Sir Seretse Khama, the Paramount Chief of its Bamangwato tribe. She served as the inaugural First Lady of Botswana from 1966 to 1980. ...

(1923 – 2002), wife of Seretse Khama, First Lady of Botswana from 1966 to 1980 *

Ian Khama Seretse Khama Ian Khama (born 27 February 1953) is a Botswana politician and former military officer who was the fourth President of the Republic of Botswana from 1 April 2008 to 1 April 2018. After serving as Commander of the Botswana Defence ...

(1953), first-born son of Seretse and Ruth Williams Khama and President of Botswana from 2008 to 2018 * Tshekedi Khama II (1958), son of Seretse and Ruth Williams Khama and a former Botswana MP Other people with this name: * Khama Billiat, a Zimbabwean professional footballer In astronomy, 1357 Khama is a main-belt asteroid discovered on July 2, 1935 by Cyril Jackson. Khama can also be a transliteration of Hebrew חַמָּה (''chammah''), meaning "heat"/"rage". When used as a proper noun, it can refer to both Mercury as well as the

Sun The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is a nearly perfect ball of hot plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion reactions in its core. The Sun radiates this energy mainly as light, ultraviolet, and infrared radi ...

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